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he threatened more attacks are coming to america. the man sitting beside him is a new leader of the taliban's pakistani branch. this is another picture we got from the family. he's suspected of blowing himself up on december 30th. >>> it was a big scramble for a big prize by elvis impersonators yesterday. check it out. ♪ that was his best shot. these guys are competie ining a european elvis championships. look alikes came from all over europe. the king of rock 'n' roll would have celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday. >>> it's late night's latest battle. months ago, nbc gave jay leno a talk show and put conan in another spot, but low ratings for both could lead to a late night shake-up. >>> it is just painful. >> some unbelievable scenes playing out across the united states. wind, forecasters are saying temperatures could come back to normal. >>> p people who once wanted to adopt a missing 3-year-old boy. what they did to help police find the boy. >>> and mystery in san francisco may have been solved hundreds of miles away. where
he threatened more attacks are coming to america. the man sitting beside him is a new leader of the taliban's pakistani branch. this is another picture we got from the family. he's suspected of blowing himself up on december 30th. >>> it was a big scramble for a big prize by elvis impersonators yesterday. check it out. ♪ that was his best shot. these guys are competie ining a european elvis championships. look alikes came from all over europe. the king of rock 'n' roll would have...
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. >>> what, if anything should be done to fix america's health care system? >> we think people should pay more taxes -- >> the new health care reform thing scares me a little bit. >> that is our very own joe carter, he's out getting your views from the street on health care reform. >>> britain is raising its terror threat level from substantial to severe. that's its second highest level. the country's home secretary says although no intelligence suggests an attack is imminent, that level of threat means the government believes a terrorist attack is highly likely. the move comes after the christmas day attempt to blow up a northwest airlines flight in detroit. the suspect allegedly had contact with militant extremists in yemen. well, just days ago, the uk suspended all direct flights to yemen and expanded the security watch list. >>> the u.s. drawdown in iraq is underway. the u.s. marine corps is heading out of the country. the marines will formally hand over control of iraq's western desert to the u.s. army's first armored division today. vice president joe b
. >>> what, if anything should be done to fix america's health care system? >> we think people should pay more taxes -- >> the new health care reform thing scares me a little bit. >> that is our very own joe carter, he's out getting your views from the street on health care reform. >>> britain is raising its terror threat level from substantial to severe. that's its second highest level. the country's home secretary says although no intelligence suggests an...
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it's got to do what's right for america. >> reporter: you as a republican would say the same? >> i would with say precisely the same. >> reporter: both men say senator-elect brown's win in massachusetts proves they're right. brown, like kucinich and johnson has an independent streak. what do you hope president obama will say in the state of the union you? >> i hope he says that we want to reach out to all people in the process and come up with a product not only on health care but on foreign policy and others that will work for america manufacture. >> and actually do it. >> well, i hope he smiles and says, i hear you. i hear you loud and clear. and that we're going to direct our policies accordingly. >> reporter: back to senator-elect brown for a minute. he told the senate leadership when he was in d.c. he's no rubber stamp. "the washington post" is reporting brown expressed reluctance to be associated with the groups that helped elect him saying he had wide support and wants to be inclusive. he also said being you know, name-calling and all that stuff? i'm way past that. caro
it's got to do what's right for america. >> reporter: you as a republican would say the same? >> i would with say precisely the same. >> reporter: both men say senator-elect brown's win in massachusetts proves they're right. brown, like kucinich and johnson has an independent streak. what do you hope president obama will say in the state of the union you? >> i hope he says that we want to reach out to all people in the process and come up with a product not only on...
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>> caller: if black americans is not bothered by this, why is white america? >> let me ask you this. just to play devil's advocate here. republicans are saying this is a double standard. if you had heard this statement, say, from a member of the gop would you see it any differently or no? >> caller: no. >> you wouldn't? >> caller: i wish they would put this stuff aside and get along with the business of america. >> all right. jackie, thank you. >> caller: i'm getting tired of this republicans say that he should step -- he should not step down. >> all right. jackie, i think there are probably a lot of people that are in your same boat. thank you so much for giving us a call. art and april took our hln news and views tour here in atlanta and gave their comments to our views cam. take a listen. >> i definitely agree that had a republican senator or representative made the disparaging comments about president obama that those other groups that have accepted the apologies of senator reid would have actually called for their jobs has d it been a republican >> i don'
>> caller: if black americans is not bothered by this, why is white america? >> let me ask you this. just to play devil's advocate here. republicans are saying this is a double standard. if you had heard this statement, say, from a member of the gop would you see it any differently or no? >> caller: no. >> you wouldn't? >> caller: i wish they would put this stuff aside and get along with the business of america. >> all right. jackie, thank you. >>...
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. >>> in washington we're going to find out if america's top money man, ben bernanke is going to keep his job. this is one of the most powerful jobs in the world. he's had the job for four years. as you can imagine with the economy in a mess, a lot of criticism. some people say he's partly to blame, he missed the boat. his supporters say things would have been a lot worse if it weren't for him. there has been some last minute drama about this. usually you get some fighting. recently two top lawmakers said they were pulling their support. he's going to need 60 votes for the confirmation. >>> we don't seem to be sure when we're going to see tiger woods on the golf course, but he's at the top of a new list when it comes to athletes. >>>. >> there's one thing that has unified democrats and rbs and everybody in between is that we all hated the bank bailout. i hated it. i hated it. i hated it. you hated it. it was about as popular as a root canal. >> what points in the president's speech last night did you really latch on to and go i like that and what points were you like i don't like that
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the top jobs in america at least according to career cast.com are being an actuary and being a software engineer. and not just the high salaries. you work inside, regular business hours. check out the worst job, though. roustabout and lumber jack. are you going to ask me about the roustabout. >> a guy who works on oilfield equipment. so you're outside and dangerous. >> okay, jen, some good jobs there. appreciate it. >>> tight security at the airport has nabbed a comedian. why joan rivers says she was not allowed to board her flight. . >>> you're probably wearing your heaviest coat during this cold snap. an extra layer is not an option for these guys at the palm beach zoo. the zoo has given them space heaters to try to keep them warm. hundreds of manatees can be seen huddling near the discharge valves and the water there is a few degrees warmer. they're smart, go towards the warm water. >>> by the way, the cold not going away. forecasters say it's going to be cold through the weekend with a possible chance of snow in georgia and the carolinas tomorrow or friday morning, too. can we talk
the top jobs in america at least according to career cast.com are being an actuary and being a software engineer. and not just the high salaries. you work inside, regular business hours. check out the worst job, though. roustabout and lumber jack. are you going to ask me about the roustabout. >> a guy who works on oilfield equipment. so you're outside and dangerous. >> okay, jen, some good jobs there. appreciate it. >>> tight security at the airport has nabbed a comedian....
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. >> we look at this healthcare debate going on at the moment in america. the thing that everyone is really worried about is what we get is further cost escalation without much improvement in health outcomes from a political point of view. when you look at the scientific possibilities, whether it be the use of mobile phone technology were some of the famous that you are talking about, it seems to be a fundamentally different picture that you campaign in terms of better health outcomes. it is this for to start happening? what changes need to be put in place to make this technological dream a reality? >> i am not an economist or a policy person, but i will tell you that listening to this never-ending debate, it is astounding that one part of all of their brilliant, well thought out analysis, where in that great debate can they so accurately predict we will be in 30 years vista and financial models? >> do they embrace the one part of this human experiment that we are in? i could imagine that if all of these people involved in this debate were having the debate
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long as there is one black child who understands and is taught about the life of king, we will make america right in spite of itself. >> i have a theory that what we write about chooses you more than you choose him -- just like -- i feel that it's choseen. his locale. his people. it's in his blood. >> charlie: it's in my blood too. that's exactly where i'm from. i know the character. >> i'm sure you do. i'sure you do. >> charlie: the drunks and the sober ones both. >> that's right. >> charlie: lauren county. >> and i have never had any choice about it. i just -- instinctively, this is what my imagination goes towards. for good or bad, that's where i am. >> charlie: is being a writer the same thing? it chooses you? >> in my case, it certainly is. it certainly -- i was chosen, in a way, yeah. i didn't have any conscious -- i wanted to be an actor so bad, i can't tell you, and then one day, it just -- the gears began to shift. >> charlie: and you wanted to be a playwright? >> i wanted to be a playwright in the worst kind of way. i had no training. i hadn't even gone to college. i really had to
long as there is one black child who understands and is taught about the life of king, we will make america right in spite of itself. >> i have a theory that what we write about chooses you more than you choose him -- just like -- i feel that it's choseen. his locale. his people. it's in his blood. >> charlie: it's in my blood too. that's exactly where i'm from. i know the character. >> i'm sure you do. i'sure you do. >> charlie: the drunks and the sober ones both....
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it was in that middle-class that you had and america's. between shiites and sunnis. and that's not unique to the melody. it's also true of the balkans. so among the middle-class in sorry able to was a lot intermarriage. ethnic tensions came from outside usually from the lower society, from serf peasant and villages, etc., that were on the outlined territories. and the middle-class interests are focused on larger issues of stability of creating an environment that you can sustained prosperity. and support an inclusive environment that would enable you to pursue commerce and the like. so ultimately, if we think of the middle-class is a force for reducing many of the tensions we see, whether it's between countries or within countries, or whether it is between the muslim world and the west, that would also be create an environment in which this and other ethnic issues, kurdish versus arab, etc., these kinds of conflicts can also be dealt with in a peaceful way. >> how do your observations apply to muslim immigrants in europe, and the united states? >> that's much more co
it was in that middle-class that you had and america's. between shiites and sunnis. and that's not unique to the melody. it's also true of the balkans. so among the middle-class in sorry able to was a lot intermarriage. ethnic tensions came from outside usually from the lower society, from serf peasant and villages, etc., that were on the outlined territories. and the middle-class interests are focused on larger issues of stability of creating an environment that you can sustained prosperity....
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population at this time. >> i made the it not better arm of america. not making clear his role with the court cases also would that act with an tom daschle, mcgovern a did try to stop it but -- stood in front of the train ended not let the compensation act go through. so ted as a teenager survived the holocaust so there's not much he could contribute to scare him and so for that reason he was legislator of the year. but i do want to correct something. the perception is that american veterans and in fact, the problems have been addressed and in particular the families of birth defects, the biggest concern right now of the amount veterans is not in our kids but grandkids. not one week that goes by we did not have a young woman called the office and talk about the anomalies and her child and one thing to know is it due to exposure of vietnam? the institute of medicine process that we have in place with the by the annual review is a passive process. they can only review original science done by somebody else. currently there is not a single scientific stud
population at this time. >> i made the it not better arm of america. not making clear his role with the court cases also would that act with an tom daschle, mcgovern a did try to stop it but -- stood in front of the train ended not let the compensation act go through. so ted as a teenager survived the holocaust so there's not much he could contribute to scare him and so for that reason he was legislator of the year. but i do want to correct something. the perception is that american...
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that people are saying there is too much disparity in america between the wealthy and the middle class? >> i think they -- they want -- they want -- american people want to know who is on their side. who is on their side in educating their kids. who is on their side in health care. who is on their side in jobs. who is on their side in terms of the environment. that is the opportunity given the democrats. that's the opportunity given to them. you said "are@ they there yet?" that's the opportunity. we ought to be there and we ought to have them there and i believe we'll have a candidate, hopefully that will get us there. >> charlie: you're not going to tell me who that is. let me just close with this. trent lott has this thing on your wall in which he said, "now back in power," as in number two man in the senate in which he said, "if they only knew." what did he mean? >> well, it's that there are people here -- trent lott, number of very fine republicans, colleagues as well that really want to make the institution work and find ways to try to work together -- i've tried that in the unite
that people are saying there is too much disparity in america between the wealthy and the middle class? >> i think they -- they want -- they want -- american people want to know who is on their side. who is on their side in educating their kids. who is on their side in health care. who is on their side in jobs. who is on their side in terms of the environment. that is the opportunity given the democrats. that's the opportunity given to them. you said "are@ they there yet?"...
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but look, that's america. the truth is more is available to more people than ever before and anyone who doesn't see that added opportunities, comforts, life expectancy, educational opportunities that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents. anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf and limited and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker, came from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would he? that would be rare for americans. one mother figure i have in my book, people are not going to believe it but it's an offical labor department figure and you know they wouldn't like. labor department in the united states, a typical american family today spends more eating out and dinners, fast-food restaurants or luxurious restaurants, different kind of restaurants than the family spends on health care. and we spent too much on health care. all right. the idea that capitalism is dead and agree to the reasons why capitalism is not dead and i
but look, that's america. the truth is more is available to more people than ever before and anyone who doesn't see that added opportunities, comforts, life expectancy, educational opportunities that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents. anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf and limited and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker, came from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would he? that would be rare...
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and other of the g-7 economies, and mexico after all was in latin america. so latin america historically has had a history of financial volatility. lots of crises. so the mexican crisis yet occurred against the backdrop in which mexico months before the crisis had been upgraded by the rating agencies. mexico city had been admitted to the organization of the oecd. mexico was a poster child at the time of the imf. but at any rate the mexican crisis unfolded and at that time i was still working for the international monetary fund and there was what the imf calls a mission, it sounds like mission impossible, maybe this but it is a visit we went through indonesia, hong kong, singapore, japan, and it was about five and half weeks long and it was to assess financial vulnerabilities in these countries at that time and you could not go anywhere without hearing news about the evolution of the mexican crisis. and the issue was raised at the time well, you know, a lot of these countries which these were the east asia tigers by and large had had a history of more than a
and other of the g-7 economies, and mexico after all was in latin america. so latin america historically has had a history of financial volatility. lots of crises. so the mexican crisis yet occurred against the backdrop in which mexico months before the crisis had been upgraded by the rating agencies. mexico city had been admitted to the organization of the oecd. mexico was a poster child at the time of the imf. but at any rate the mexican crisis unfolded and at that time i was still working...
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at the same time many were coming out of rural america and going to the city. i felt very unique. very caught in between. two groups. like two sides. it was a time period that was -- i felt internally that perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white rather than african-american. >> the first part of your book is a different section. the first is called straddling the sand. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american growing up in a predominantly white area of philadelphia? >> it was tough. i still wrestle with the impact of the time period. i grew up with very good friends of mine, great friends in that time period, numerous stereotypes about african-americans and i internalized that. both my parents worked which was unusual in that time period. a dual income family. tenth grade rolled around and i opted out of the public school system and went to a private school and had my first contact with african-americans. my first girlfriend in tenth grade was african-american. i had to leave and go someplace else and work on my identity. >> what do you thi
at the same time many were coming out of rural america and going to the city. i felt very unique. very caught in between. two groups. like two sides. it was a time period that was -- i felt internally that perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white rather than african-american. >> the first part of your book is a different section. the first is called straddling the sand. how did you come to grips with your identity as an african-american growing up in a predominantly white...
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if you look on the left, that is the new world, south america and north america above is is the first map to show north america and south merriman unambiguously surrounded by water, not as an undefined place not identified at all. because, it shows north and south america surrounded by water it is the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of a mystery because europeans aren't supposed to have known about the pacific ocean until 1513 when balboa caught sight of it from the mountain. and it is not something i dwell on on the book because i felt the mystery is more fun to leave as a mystery than try to resolve. but it is a great part of the story and not the only part of the story. there is more that is very very, significant about the map. look at africa, this is one of the first printed maps to show the full coastlines of africa. africa and -- had only been circumnavigated in 1497 by the portuguese and the frame at the bottom of the map is broken and it would have been easy to push the frame down a little bit. i think the point is clear, it is a
if you look on the left, that is the new world, south america and north america above is is the first map to show north america and south merriman unambiguously surrounded by water, not as an undefined place not identified at all. because, it shows north and south america surrounded by water it is the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of a mystery because europeans aren't supposed to have known about the pacific ocean until 1513 when balboa caught...
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and out of the america first movement during this period before the war. then they turned their guns on coghlan. and you know, and bill, the attorney general, found themselves forced to proceed against kaufman because of the pm campaign. and social justice, this vicious journal, like fox news is fair and now, social justice was the newspaper. was shut down. on the basis of having bad ideas that and it was pm those in the forefront of trying to shut it down by having bad ideas. i think that was going a bit far, but anyway it was one of his campaign. campaign. then he campaigned against the hearst press and what it called the mccormick axis of newspaper, the chicago tribune, the daily news and "washington times." what are all owned by the same families with her pro-fascist politics, which i think you adequately talk, usually talk about well. but again, they wanted to shut those papers to, but there was not a chance that that was going to happen. you were going to shut down the most populous papers in the country. they also contribute to the political scene b
and out of the america first movement during this period before the war. then they turned their guns on coghlan. and you know, and bill, the attorney general, found themselves forced to proceed against kaufman because of the pm campaign. and social justice, this vicious journal, like fox news is fair and now, social justice was the newspaper. was shut down. on the basis of having bad ideas that and it was pm those in the forefront of trying to shut it down by having bad ideas. i think that was...
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over, he changed america vastly for the better. giving people ordinary people, the ability to buy a car a lot of people to go on vacation, and a lot of people take weekends off. i mean, it's incalculable, the gift that was provided there. and virtually every gift that has allowed the middle-class lifestyle, for better and worse, to emerge with the limbless choices that middle-class people have for this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature. and i write in the book about, you can go through the typical classes that people have, or even the holidays that they celebrate, we celebrate holidays, little kids learn about holidays. they never learned the pilgrims were part of a corporation. they had invested that they were here to make a profit or so were the people of jamestown. do we have -- and we have time for a few more questions? yes, the lady here. >> my name is emily. i am from england. i would just like to say i think you're a very charming man, but i'm
over, he changed america vastly for the better. giving people ordinary people, the ability to buy a car a lot of people to go on vacation, and a lot of people take weekends off. i mean, it's incalculable, the gift that was provided there. and virtually every gift that has allowed the middle-class lifestyle, for better and worse, to emerge with the limbless choices that middle-class people have for this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of...
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hello, america. i don't know if i've ever told you why i believe some of the things that i do or how i began my journey into believing what i do. it's funny the uber left tries to discredit me calling me a conspiracy theorist, because i've always made fun of conspiracy people. sometimes there are conspiracies and sometimes it's plain out in the open and you have to be willing to look at it. conspiracies aren't conspiracies when they're true and open. we have been closing the case this week on all of the things that we talked about last year. because we have to move on. we can't still sit here and say gee, i wonder if this is what they're doing. we have to move to the position of what are we going to do about it now? that's where we start next week. more and more americans are finding themselves where i am, in a place where you don't want to believe the stuff that you now do, even the stuff you would have thought a year ago was crazy now. but you do believe it. because you're honest with yourself. you
hello, america. i don't know if i've ever told you why i believe some of the things that i do or how i began my journey into believing what i do. it's funny the uber left tries to discredit me calling me a conspiracy theorist, because i've always made fun of conspiracy people. sometimes there are conspiracies and sometimes it's plain out in the open and you have to be willing to look at it. conspiracies aren't conspiracies when they're true and open. we have been closing the case this week on...
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ii editorial cartoons of america's leading comic artists," a sequel to the first venture of dr. seuss in world war ii which was published ten years ago. andre schiffrin has uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss cartoons from world war ii archives. this new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment. andre schiffrin has been an editor for 50 years. as founding director of the new press. his most recent publication before dr. seuss is political education: coming of age in paris and new york. one of the chapters at a seminar year and a half ago. i am pleased to note that andre schiffrin at the same time donated a wonderful archive, and editorial, worked with industrial democracy which provides a very interesting window into the birth of a new life. andre schiffrin will be joined tonight by milkman, author of a new deal and journalism, the story of p.m.. paul teaches english at the new york city school system and has a ph.d. from rutgers university. andre schiffrin is going to say a few words to provide some context to the book. then andre sch
ii editorial cartoons of america's leading comic artists," a sequel to the first venture of dr. seuss in world war ii which was published ten years ago. andre schiffrin has uncovered a new treasure trove of dr. seuss cartoons from world war ii archives. this new book is bringing those wonderful cartoons and illustrations from this moment. andre schiffrin has been an editor for 50 years. as founding director of the new press. his most recent publication before dr. seuss is political...
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this is my friends book in america nobody liked my idea. they said they were too far out but i started to the street for other people with those little dots then i was lucky because the second or third book nablus remembering this and through that two butthroh school site ao suspected at that time and i admit done in a cover of the book the moon or son to surround that looks like a metal, and i have been talking about it too much. people know it now. and is say no. [laughter] finally i could do my own book going back to rich in the new country i was sitting in this studio talking about myself with this loan the creature living in a strange country looking for a spiritual friend this is the observation and finally i see this beautiful woman waving at me and finally somebody i know. it was somebody trying to stop a taxi. [laughter] it is about people different people waving and all the elevators because where i grew up there were not many elevators at all. dedicated to my sister because she will not be able to travel again but just before 198
this is my friends book in america nobody liked my idea. they said they were too far out but i started to the street for other people with those little dots then i was lucky because the second or third book nablus remembering this and through that two butthroh school site ao suspected at that time and i admit done in a cover of the book the moon or son to surround that looks like a metal, and i have been talking about it too much. people know it now. and is say no. [laughter] finally i could do...
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both of whom wanted to transform america. and they both wanted to make america a different place. johnson, you know, was -- succeeding a remarkable extent until he lost track of it in vietnam. if we look in july 1965, he's doing two things. he's -- hay has gotten through the voting rights act. we shall overcome, he said. he gets through the act in just a -- writing about it in the become. it is marvelous to watch him get bill through the senate by vote. he does it. hay is signing the medicare bill. this is the same month, july 1965. and at the same time, in the next week, he's launching the first huge escalation secretly without telling the american people of the vietnam war. and what obama is -- as i see it, trying -- he has a vast vision for america as lyndon johnson did. and he's setting out to transform the country on many fronts. and i think it is going to be fascinating in world history and the history of this country to see if hay success saeds. >> you don't think that johnson -- you know, johnson overreached as -- failed because of an overreach of the great society. you th
both of whom wanted to transform america. and they both wanted to make america a different place. johnson, you know, was -- succeeding a remarkable extent until he lost track of it in vietnam. if we look in july 1965, he's doing two things. he's -- hay has gotten through the voting rights act. we shall overcome, he said. he gets through the act in just a -- writing about it in the become. it is marvelous to watch him get bill through the senate by vote. he does it. hay is signing the medicare...
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it's like there is america. this is like the western european everything is good here and everything else in the east is bad. i'm guessing it wasn't my intention. but some people like to get -- that is geographical. this is more spiritual for me. this is how my life changed in new york. i thought i would be -- i wasn't interested in making children's books but i thought i will make one book, two books, 250 laypeople in america can't be problems to sell you a million books. i thought i would be making animated film out of it. i realize i have to pay for the apartment, and somebody said you could do editorial illustrations. so in 1984, in june, i pointed "new york times" and they gave me first assignment, which changed my life because they gave me two pictures to do. i gave him three options for each picture. i said i can do it in one line which would take 10 minutes or half an hour, one hour. but everybody was doing the. i wanted to make sure i've reduce something which nobody else is doing so i would be getting
it's like there is america. this is like the western european everything is good here and everything else in the east is bad. i'm guessing it wasn't my intention. but some people like to get -- that is geographical. this is more spiritual for me. this is how my life changed in new york. i thought i would be -- i wasn't interested in making children's books but i thought i will make one book, two books, 250 laypeople in america can't be problems to sell you a million books. i thought i would be...
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however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book about you can go through the typical class is that people have, or even the holidays to celebrate. we celebrate holidays, little kids learn about holidays. they never learn the pilgrims were part of a corporation. they had investors, they were sent here to make a profit, so were the people of jamestown, and they ought to learn that. do we have time for a few more questions? yes, the leedy here. >> my name is emily from england. i would like to say i think that you are a very charming man. but i am quite concerned the rhetoric your skillin
however, he changed america for the better. giving people ordinary people the ability to buy a car following people to go on vacation and take weekends off. it is incalculable the gift provided there and virtually every gift that is allowed the middle class lifestyle for better and worse to emerge with be limitless choices middle class people have in this country today has come because of the creative ability of businesses. there is no lesson of any kind of that nature, and i write in the book...
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stuff at harvard and then here who for inherited the papers of that party, that was trotsky's party in america. and he would be suppressed because hoover has a reputation for being a conservative think-tank but there are many people left who will get their papers to the hoover archives because they know they will be well taken care of when the researchers have access and so on. great stuff, the bodyguards, teamsters, the papers are here so i was able to use those so all of that taken together i put together the story of the murder in a way that hadn't been done before. one more question. yes, one more question. come on up. i will repeat it. >> [inaudible] >> i decided i think largely for aesthetic purposes to avoid trotsky which sounds like you get a call when clark pest control. it sounds a little funny to trotskyist was used and i decided to go with that and be consistent except where i quoted people singing trtoskite, it sounds less mutual. the word of sounds as old as the russian revolution may be of really when he is in exile there is an american trotskyite party, but it just grates on th
stuff at harvard and then here who for inherited the papers of that party, that was trotsky's party in america. and he would be suppressed because hoover has a reputation for being a conservative think-tank but there are many people left who will get their papers to the hoover archives because they know they will be well taken care of when the researchers have access and so on. great stuff, the bodyguards, teamsters, the papers are here so i was able to use those so all of that taken together i...
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-- can these measures keep america safe? >> there is no foolproof solution. our adversaries will seek new ways to evade this. >> the president suggested no one would be fired as a result, insisting failures were not the responsibility of any individual. instead the commander in chief took full responsibility for keeping the country safe, saying ultimately the buck stops with me. >> the threat of an al qaeda attack in yemen calls the british and u.s. embassies to shut down. authorities arrested three suspected al qaeda militants who were wounded in recent fighting and seized in a hospital north of the capital. our middle east editor reports from there. >> the anti-government put their anti-terrorist unit on display. they are under pressure from their allies to get results against al qaeda. while this was going on, his colleagues were on real operations not far away. this unit was part of the interior ministry trained by advisers from britain and the u.s.. the yemeni government is embarrassed by its military [unintelligible] it is politically difficult and dang
-- can these measures keep america safe? >> there is no foolproof solution. our adversaries will seek new ways to evade this. >> the president suggested no one would be fired as a result, insisting failures were not the responsibility of any individual. instead the commander in chief took full responsibility for keeping the country safe, saying ultimately the buck stops with me. >> the threat of an al qaeda attack in yemen calls the british and u.s. embassies to shut down....
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fernandez, argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of anne lutz fernandez speak for 15 minutes at the new canaan, connecticut library. >> thank you, hello. welcome, and first of all i'd like to think all stray books for inviting me to speak tonight and thank you for coming to listen. my name is anne lutz fernandez, and i wanted to share with you initially just our decision to write the book, where that came from. and it really all happened just a few miles from here at my home in norwalk over thanksgiving weekend about four years ago. my sister and i, were there, our family had gathered, and from various points, driven of course the norwalk and my driveway was filled with cars. and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but in very good, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousins in a car crash. shortly after we lost christy, i lost a good friend and a highway crash. these two losses have a profound effect on our lives. we started chewing on the contradictions that th
fernandez, argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of anne lutz fernandez speak for 15 minutes at the new canaan, connecticut library. >> thank you, hello. welcome, and first of all i'd like to think all stray books for inviting me to speak tonight and thank you for coming to listen. my name is anne lutz fernandez, and i wanted to share with you initially just our decision to write the book, where that came from. and it...
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if you look on the left that is the new world, south america and with north america about eight. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not as some undefined part of asia or some undefined place that really isn't identified at all. because it shows more than south america surrounded by water it's the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of mystery because europeans are not supposed to have known about the pacific ocean until 1513 when balto was caught sight of it from the mountaintop. so, that is something that brings a lot of people back to that and something peter has written about extensively. it's not something i dwell on a lot in the book because i felt the mystery is almost more fun to leave as a mystery than to try to resolve but it's a great part of the story. it's not the only part of the story though. there's more that is very significant about the map. if you look at africa for its simple this is one of the first printed maps to show the full coastlines of africa. africa and, exc
if you look on the left that is the new world, south america and with north america about eight. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not as some undefined part of asia or some undefined place that really isn't identified at all. because it shows more than south america surrounded by water it's the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean and this is something of mystery because europeans are not supposed to have known about the...
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as south america. it is really a whole thing kind of monster. what is very significant is to conceive of the continent is clearly only explorative to a certain point and it is left implied that there was probably more of it but already extends farther south than the tip of africa so this is a giant, a strange place. this kind of mouth and letters of vespucci began circulating in europe. vespucci very quickly became a celebrity explore and was much more famous than columbus. vespucci was saying here is something that is pretty new. at least one chart this and letters of vespucci made it in the early 1300's to a little town in the mountains of eastern france, not far from strasbourg on the border of germany, and in there were these scholars who with the time were working on maps of ptolemy and they decided for reasons that remain obscure that what vespucci exporting described was not part of asia but was, corresponded to this hypothetical fourth part of the world that people speculated about. they theref
as south america. it is really a whole thing kind of monster. what is very significant is to conceive of the continent is clearly only explorative to a certain point and it is left implied that there was probably more of it but already extends farther south than the tip of africa so this is a giant, a strange place. this kind of mouth and letters of vespucci began circulating in europe. vespucci very quickly became a celebrity explore and was much more famous than columbus. vespucci was saying...
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the majority rules in america. it is one thing to have a considered process and it is another thing to have a broken process and many of us believe that the senate process is broken and when i say many of us, i speak for many members of the united states senate as well. i think the american public, the better informed they are of that gridlock created by this necessity not to have a majority vote but to have some sort of super majority, if we require that in elections, many members of congress would not be elected into office if they needed to get 60%. in fact, when we get over 55% of the vote we think it is a pretty big victory. we get 59% in the senate, the senate still does not have the majority revail. that is a time that can not stand. the american public expect more and deserve more. >> could this mean a -- for example, could the senate fix its health care bill through reconciliation in a way that would pass the house? >> well, it is regular order. adopted in the rules, the reconciliation process was adopted
the majority rules in america. it is one thing to have a considered process and it is another thing to have a broken process and many of us believe that the senate process is broken and when i say many of us, i speak for many members of the united states senate as well. i think the american public, the better informed they are of that gridlock created by this necessity not to have a majority vote but to have some sort of super majority, if we require that in elections, many members of congress...
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america built its wealth entirely through the crime of slavery. and i take his life in every pot them one by one and the book facilitated a great deal of discussion and conversation and was 12 weeks on "the new york times" bestsellers list. and i was very struck however that one of the ten big lies that was most controversial of all was the big lie that the that the growth of corporations as harm to the american experience and damaged the american people. i mean, it clearly hasn't. it should be fairly obvious to everyone that it doesn't. those of you who came here on some means other than walking benefited from some corporation that created the bus or the car and a motorscooter or whatever it is you came here with. and those of you who walk also benefited from shoes that were made somewhere. i mean, the involvement of business in our lives, every aspect of our lives in benefiting us is so obvious and so ubiquitous and so omnipresent that it seems utterly bizarre that anyone could design this. but i became very involved in promoting my previous boo
america built its wealth entirely through the crime of slavery. and i take his life in every pot them one by one and the book facilitated a great deal of discussion and conversation and was 12 weeks on "the new york times" bestsellers list. and i was very struck however that one of the ten big lies that was most controversial of all was the big lie that the that the growth of corporations as harm to the american experience and damaged the american people. i mean, it clearly hasn't. it...
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if you look on the left there, that's the new world, south america and with north america about it. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not at some undefined part of asia, or just some undefined place that isn't identified at all. because it shows north and south america surrounded by water, it's really the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean. this is something of mr. guith europeans are supposed to know about the pacific ocean and mountaintop.alboa caught sight so that's something that brings a lot of people back to the map, something that peter has written about extensively. it's not something i'd will on a whole lot in the book because i felt the ministry is almost more fun to leave as a try to resolve the. but it's a great part o story. there's more that is very, very significant about the map. if you look at africa, for example, this is one of their first printed maps of africa that showed a full coastline. africa had 11 circumnavigated by the portuguese pulled in 1497. maps are only beginning to show all
if you look on the left there, that's the new world, south america and with north america about it. this is the first map to show north and south america unambiguously surrounded by water. not at some undefined part of asia, or just some undefined place that isn't identified at all. because it shows north and south america surrounded by water, it's really the first map to suggest the existence of the pacific ocean. this is something of mr. guith europeans are supposed to know about the pacific...
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where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a cold year for most americans and this weekend is no exception. a deep-freeze is forecast to engulf virtually all of the continental united states overnight. the south is particularly ill prepared for such bone chilling weather. mark strassmann is in atlanta tonight. mark, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. it was 12 degrees outside here first thing this morning, but with the windchill it felt like one degree above zero, very unsouthern but remember every state but hawaii has been experiencing freezing temperatures, it is just that some people fee
where america stands on food safety. how do we stack up against other countries and how do we prevent the most vulnerable americans from becoming dangerously ill? >> it got worse and worse, and it felt like killer pain. >> glor: and dashboard distractions, will the next generation of in car gadgets lure drivers into taking their eyes off the road? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: good evening, the new year has been a...
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if you are born in america you don't. [laughter] if somebody sir john the latvian murder squad it is proven he does not have good character the bad news is the punishment is not commensurate with the crime because the punishment was denaturalization then deportation and have there been a country willing to seek extradition then it would have been okay but the only country that wanted these people while the soviet union and nobody would send people to the soviet union because of the problems with the justice system. >> thank you for your presentation. i would love for you to comment on the killing asner movies. >> listen. please ask questions a related to this issue first. >> i am understand your family was quite shaken by the knowledge you had a contract put on you buy the croatian -- . [laughter] this is not a planted question even though he is my question. [laughter] that is true. it was related to "operation last chance" one of the criminals rediscovered was the man named by asher usa police chief during the war and he
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tonight i am with pamela newkirk, editor of "letters from black america." can you tell me about your books because it's a compilation of african-american letters, spanning from the 1700s to 2008, and what i try to do is present a multidimensional portrait of black life through their own letters. so it includes the letters of extraordinary people who, many have heard of, like doctor martin luther king, benjamin becker and ida b. wells. but also unsung people, slaves, just ordinary people throughout history. can you give an example of one of these unsung people? >> sure. there are many, several letters from slaves who are just writing to each other to family members from whom they have been separated. you know, letting them know how they are, trying to find out how their loved ones are very. not people who would have known of. >> how did you come upon this project and how did you select the letters? >> well, that was pretty insane. i went through thousands of lives over the course of five years, and some of the things naturally emerge so i wanted to look at b
tonight i am with pamela newkirk, editor of "letters from black america." can you tell me about your books because it's a compilation of african-american letters, spanning from the 1700s to 2008, and what i try to do is present a multidimensional portrait of black life through their own letters. so it includes the letters of extraordinary people who, many have heard of, like doctor martin luther king, benjamin becker and ida b. wells. but also unsung people, slaves, just ordinary...
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not only from america, but from europe, from all the developing countries, and gold has a 5,000-year history of being a stored value. i know doesn't have industrial uses but it didn't have industrial uses when trading at $ 250. one other quick point. it's not a short-term thing, gold. between 1971 and today, if you look at gold versus the s&p 500, guess blah? they're almost the say. including dividends. gold is actually outperformed liquidity. i don't want to sound like a gold bug. let me end it by saying i hope i'm dead wrong, but when i look at the flooding of occurrence currencies in these developing country, you have to own some gold, the bull market is likely to continue. >> diane? >> i stay away from gold. it doesn't have industrial use. makes nice wedding rings, i've had a few. holding on to the last one a nice christmas present. not something i can buy. you know, as an investment, because i don't understand its investment value. that, many people have made money in it. many people have made money on a lot of false profits as well. i'm not as much into gold. i think inflation,
not only from america, but from europe, from all the developing countries, and gold has a 5,000-year history of being a stored value. i know doesn't have industrial uses but it didn't have industrial uses when trading at $ 250. one other quick point. it's not a short-term thing, gold. between 1971 and today, if you look at gold versus the s&p 500, guess blah? they're almost the say. including dividends. gold is actually outperformed liquidity. i don't want to sound like a gold bug. let me...
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still ahead, could switzerland's health care be a model for america? >> glor: later this month, congress will begin negotiations to merge the house and senate versions of health care reform into one bill. a glimpse of what the u.s. health care system of the future might look like can be seen right now in switzerland. richard roth has more. >> reporter: picturesque and prosperous, this alpine country in the heart of europe is almost 8 million people known for their love of chocolate almost as much as their love of capitalism. peaceful switzerland hasn't fought a war in almost two centuries, but it was a really battle here reforming health care. >> it was controversial. it is still controversial. >> reporter: the law finally approved in the 1994 national referendum guaranteed health care for everyone by requiring everyone to have insurance. it amounted to a law recognizing health care as a human right, says former swiss president ruth dreyfuss. >> everybody has really the right to receive the medical care they need from birth to the death. >> reporter: t
still ahead, could switzerland's health care be a model for america? >> glor: later this month, congress will begin negotiations to merge the house and senate versions of health care reform into one bill. a glimpse of what the u.s. health care system of the future might look like can be seen right now in switzerland. richard roth has more. >> reporter: picturesque and prosperous, this alpine country in the heart of europe is almost 8 million people known for their love of chocolate...
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this overspending has led to the average price of an american car -- not made in america but sold to us americans $26,000, which is about 25% higher in inflation control dollars than it was a few decades ago when i got my license. this stunning car parked in front of this beautiful home is emblematic of how central the car or -- i should say cars because many of us have multiple vehicles have become to the american dream. and americans do believe still that the car can drive us toward opportunity and help us show it off when we get there. we were mystified initially by how -- when you buy a new car people tend towvr almost involuntary say to you congratulations. and at first we couldn't quite figure out why that was worthy of congratulations but once upon a time, it was. you earned. you saved. you bought a car. and it was representative of an achievement. and in those days gm works to set the stage for us and first you bought the chevy and then you moved up the corporate and social ladder. you got the buick. and if you got the full american dream, the cadillac. but the american car b
this overspending has led to the average price of an american car -- not made in america but sold to us americans $26,000, which is about 25% higher in inflation control dollars than it was a few decades ago when i got my license. this stunning car parked in front of this beautiful home is emblematic of how central the car or -- i should say cars because many of us have multiple vehicles have become to the american dream. and americans do believe still that the car can drive us toward...
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fernandez argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of cars. anne lutz fernandez "carjacked" 50 minutes of the new canaan library in new canaan, connecticut. .. >> and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but invariably, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousin, christie, in a car crash. and shortly after we lost christie, i lost a good friend in a highway crash. and these two losses had a profound effect on our lives. and we started chewing on the contradictions that the car presents, particularly that contradiction between the intense pleasure that the car brings to us, and the profound losses and tragedies that it also can bring. and on a daily basis, the contradictions between the convenience that the car brings and the frustrations that it also brings. so broadly speaking we want to explore the impact that this single object, this powerful piece of technology has on our lives. and we thought we could bring to bear our respected expert is. my sister is a profess
fernandez argue that global warming and the price of gasoline are not the only problems presented by america's love of cars. anne lutz fernandez "carjacked" 50 minutes of the new canaan library in new canaan, connecticut. .. >> and spent a beautiful weekend celebration together. but invariably, as it happened over the past prior few years, the conversation turned to the loss of our cousin, christie, in a car crash. and shortly after we lost christie, i lost a good friend in a...
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both of whom wanted to transform america. they both wanted to make america a different place. johnson, you know, was succeeding to a remarkable extent until he lost track of if in vietnam. july, 1965, he's doing two things. he has gotten through the voting rights act. we shall overcome, he said. he gets through this act in a -- just writing about it in the book i have now -- it's marvelous to watch him get this bill through the senate vote by vote. he does it. he's signing the medicare bill. this is the same month. july 1965. at that same time in the next week he is launching the first huge escalation, secretly without telling the american people, of the vietnam war. obama is, as i see it -- he has a vast vision for america. as lyndon johnson did. and he's setting out to transform the country on many fronts, and i think it's going to be fascinating in world history and the history of this country to see if he succeeds or not. >> you don't think johnson, you know, johnson overreached or failed because of an overreach of the great society? you think it was all undone because of
both of whom wanted to transform america. they both wanted to make america a different place. johnson, you know, was succeeding to a remarkable extent until he lost track of if in vietnam. july, 1965, he's doing two things. he has gotten through the voting rights act. we shall overcome, he said. he gets through this act in a -- just writing about it in the book i have now -- it's marvelous to watch him get this bill through the senate vote by vote. he does it. he's signing the medicare bill....
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in a few short decades, america underwent, i think, a fantastic transformation. in politics, and society, and the culture. and i think most people wanted what had happened and who they were at the end of this. in the decades following the revolution. before the revolution, america had been a collection of desperate british colonies composed of some 2 million subjects, huddled along the atlantic coast, 3000 miles from the summit of civilization. european outpost of this peak was cultural focus is still london, the metropolitan center of the empire. the 1815, following the second war with great britain which is also referred to as the war of independence, the these big significant properties have become a single giant continental republic, with nearly 10 million citizens, many of whom would already spill over the appalachians into the western territory. the cultural focus of this new huge expensive nation was no longer a broad, but was now directed inward at its own boundless possibilities. americans should do a grand experiment in democracy, but they were confiden
in a few short decades, america underwent, i think, a fantastic transformation. in politics, and society, and the culture. and i think most people wanted what had happened and who they were at the end of this. in the decades following the revolution. before the revolution, america had been a collection of desperate british colonies composed of some 2 million subjects, huddled along the atlantic coast, 3000 miles from the summit of civilization. european outpost of this peak was cultural focus...
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sachs is good for america. not necessarily goldman because they are so popular but jpmorgan chase. [inaudible] has been drawn and there has been no addition so therefore with that asset in the deficit,. [inaudible] >> there are some people some of the argument sorry here is the bang seven actually dealt with the problem and they are still sitting on their balance sheets like japan presumably. i think there are some very respected people. i was on a panel with carmen reinhart and she made this argument. i think there's something in that. clearly there was an accounting dodge when they allowed them to mark all of these assets to market but mark-to-market was having disastrous effects because it starts a done red spiral because mark-to-market is short of capital so they have to sell and prices keep going down so you can get a downward spiral with mark-to-market. you need somewhere in between, and maybe a temporary extension of mark-to-market. my argument why i'm not quite so pessimistic of carmen rideout, paul kru
sachs is good for america. not necessarily goldman because they are so popular but jpmorgan chase. [inaudible] has been drawn and there has been no addition so therefore with that asset in the deficit,. [inaudible] >> there are some people some of the argument sorry here is the bang seven actually dealt with the problem and they are still sitting on their balance sheets like japan presumably. i think there are some very respected people. i was on a panel with carmen reinhart and she made...
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i have rights to north america, primarily the great lakes. two things that i'm challenged by -- i'm having a very difficult time raising money. i'm not asking for a handout. all i'm asking is loan me the money; i'll account for it, every dollar, i'll pay it back. secondly -- and i'm willing to risk millions -- 99 percent of my net worth. the second seeing, and listened to this gentleman back here. i truly appreciate what he's going through. but in this instance, d inherited the patent from enron. now they are calling a a roil, but it is really a gate to keep people out. are there any programs? this company was identified. i want to bring this to the united states. this is not about money for me. this is about bringing jobs. he should have a right to work. >> let me respond. >> is there any federal program that can help me? i just want to borrow the money to create this factory and create these jobs. >> i do not know about the particular situation, so i will speak generally to it. if you want to get one of my team your card, they can follow up
i have rights to north america, primarily the great lakes. two things that i'm challenged by -- i'm having a very difficult time raising money. i'm not asking for a handout. all i'm asking is loan me the money; i'll account for it, every dollar, i'll pay it back. secondly -- and i'm willing to risk millions -- 99 percent of my net worth. the second seeing, and listened to this gentleman back here. i truly appreciate what he's going through. but in this instance, d inherited the patent from...
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i have to give this same exact speech to girls and women in america. we're supposed to be better than that and we're not. we have to do better. thank you. >> karen has been the director of the vermont network against domestic violence and sexual assault since 2007. i have worked with her a lot during that time, before she came to vermont, she worked at various victims services, in ohio for 15 years. received her bachelors degree from bowling green state university. her masters degree. currently lives in heinzeberg, vermont, where the head of my vermont office lives. the vermont network that she leads, a member of the coalition of national network against domestic violence. i would like to thank members of the board and staff who work tirelessly on behalf of everybody here and please, when you go back, give my thanks and i -- i think it would be fair to say, give ourselves thanks, too. go ahead. >> jeremy leahy, ranking member sessions and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss the success of the violence agains
i have to give this same exact speech to girls and women in america. we're supposed to be better than that and we're not. we have to do better. thank you. >> karen has been the director of the vermont network against domestic violence and sexual assault since 2007. i have worked with her a lot during that time, before she came to vermont, she worked at various victims services, in ohio for 15 years. received her bachelors degree from bowling green state university. her masters degree....
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for years there has been discussion of a potential america and-let role on heights. the stamina to take on these additional. rules may not be additional jim, the focus on strategic medications is interesting. the article to which mike made reference that admiral mike mullen wrote about strategic communications is a powerful critique of how they had come to dominateacts of policy. "i know strategic medications as a term of reference is probably here to stay. regrettably, it has grown too much a part of our lexicon. to put it simply we need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and more about what our actions communicate." you say that in the context of almost doing the exact opposite. as you say this administration is focusing so greatly. let me open the floor. >> you mentioned that the information regarding iran. i would like to talk about the strategic architecture in the gulf. i was hoping the admiral would help us to understand what secateurs clinton meant in the summer when to talk about possibly a defense umbrella among allies in the gulf. --
for years there has been discussion of a potential america and-let role on heights. the stamina to take on these additional. rules may not be additional jim, the focus on strategic medications is interesting. the article to which mike made reference that admiral mike mullen wrote about strategic communications is a powerful critique of how they had come to dominateacts of policy. "i know strategic medications as a term of reference is probably here to stay. regrettably, it has grown too...
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you have the drug that works out of south america tied to a rocky the groups in africa affecting security issues not just in that region but also in europe. you have the potential for disaster if you see the facilities of these groups and to work internationally. the nightmare scenario is some of these groups collectivizing for purposes of profit or radiology and use and struggle -- and use or smuggle a weapon of mass destruction. what we worried most about was al qaeda or other groups who expressed an interest in obtaining and using a weapon of mass destruction could get access to it through some of these unaffiliated networks where we know in the past, there has been devices smuggled through central asia. this is a world in which these networks and individuals can relate to very easily and very effectively using mode density -- using modernity. this makes them incredibly potent. this also speaks to the information environment. the web 2.0 technologies of today, the ability to move money through cell phones, use a chat rooms or blogs, highlight where we are coming national security persp
you have the drug that works out of south america tied to a rocky the groups in africa affecting security issues not just in that region but also in europe. you have the potential for disaster if you see the facilities of these groups and to work internationally. the nightmare scenario is some of these groups collectivizing for purposes of profit or radiology and use and struggle -- and use or smuggle a weapon of mass destruction. what we worried most about was al qaeda or other groups who...
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if a bomb goes off in america or london what is wrong that? >> a poll in the times of london showed a shocking 13% of british muslims believe the london subway bombers were martyrs and many british muslims see the iraq war as a war against islam, against them. we are talking about england, young mus sims who grew up in this country. i think people would be stunned to hear you say it is essentially foreign policy which is causing youngsters to blow themselves up on the subway system and youngsters to think that's cool. >> foreign policy has a lot to do with it. and -- but it's the minority radical groups that use that to get to our young people. >> some of those young muslims are easy prey because they believe the british government crackdown is scapegoating them as when minister john reed came talk to their parents. >> there are fanatics who are looking to groom and brainwash children including your children so all i say is look for those telltale signs now. >> one of those fanatics was in the room waiting to pounce. >> when they come to your
if a bomb goes off in america or london what is wrong that? >> a poll in the times of london showed a shocking 13% of british muslims believe the london subway bombers were martyrs and many british muslims see the iraq war as a war against islam, against them. we are talking about england, young mus sims who grew up in this country. i think people would be stunned to hear you say it is essentially foreign policy which is causing youngsters to blow themselves up on the subway system and...